Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
In every province
Great mourning
Weeping
Many lay in sackcloth and ashes
General references
Bible References
In every province
Esther 1:1
Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:
Esther 3:12
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were summoned. They put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people. It was to be for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs. It was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
Great mourning
1 Samuel 4:13
Eli was very worried about the Ark of the Covenant. He sat besides the road staring. When the man spread the news throughout the town everyone cried out in fear.
1 Samuel 11:4
The messengers arrived at Gibeah where Saul lived. When they told the news, the people started crying in despair.
Isaiah 22:4
I said: Turn away from me. Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.
Isaiah 37:1
King Hezekiah heard it and he tore his clothes. He covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of Jehovah.
Weeping
Matthew 13:42
The angels will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:13
The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.
Matthew 25:30
Throw the worthless servant into outer darkness. There will be crying and grinding of teeth.'
Many lay in sackcloth and ashes
Isaiah 58:5
Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed (rush) and for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Jehovah?
Daniel 9:3
I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
General references
Genesis 37:34
Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.